# Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.013: GARBAGE, REFUSE, AND OTHER WASTE

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.013

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.013
- **Heading:** GARBAGE, REFUSE, AND OTHER WASTE
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.013

## Text

(a) Premises occupied or used as residences or for business or pleasure shall be kept in a sanitary condition.

(b) Kitchen waste, laundry waste, or sewage may not be allowed to accumulate in, discharge into, or flow into a public place, gutter, street, or highway.

(c) Waste products, offal, polluting material, spent chemicals, liquors, brines, garbage, rubbish, refuse, used tires, or other waste of any kind may not be stored, deposited, or disposed of in a manner that may cause the pollution of the surrounding land, the contamination of groundwater or surface water, or the breeding of insects or rodents.

(d) A person using or permitting the use of land as a public dump shall provide for the covering or incineration of all animal or vegetable matter deposited on the land and for the disposition of other waste materials and rubbish to eliminate the possibility that those materials and rubbish might be a breeding place for insects or rodents.

(e) A person may not permit vacant or abandoned property owned or controlled by the person to be in a condition that will create a public health nuisance or other condition prejudicial to the public health.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.001 § 341.001. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.001.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.002 § 341.002. RULES FOR SANITATION AND HEALTH PROTECTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.002.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.011 § 341.011. NUISANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.011.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.012 § 341.012. ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.012.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.013 § 341.013. GARBAGE, REFUSE, AND OTHER WASTE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.013.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.014 § 341.014. DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EXCRETA.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.014.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.015 § 341.015. SANITATION OF ICE PLANTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.015.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.016 § 341.016. SANITATION OF BUSINESSES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.016.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.017 § 341.017. SANITATION FACILITIES FOR RAILROAD MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY EMPLOYEES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.017.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.018 § 341.018. RODENT CONTROL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.018.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.019 § 341.019. MOSQUITO CONTROL ON UNINHABITED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.019.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.031 § 341.031. PUBLIC DRINKING WATER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.031.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.032 § 341.032. DRINKING WATER PROVIDED BY COMMON CARRIER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.032.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.033 § 341.033. PROTECTION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.033.md)

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